Following
eight preliminary surveys over various rock shelters in
Kalimantan (Borneo, Indonesia) which have provided a large
amount of important new archaeological insight, our aim is
now to further explore and understand human settlement
processes through Southeast Asia.

The project envisages the
organisation of a pluridisciplinary endeavour, combining
speleological and geological studies of these unexplored
limestone outcrops, coupled with paleoecological
investigations, in order to integrate the archaeological
discoveries within their contemporary
context.

One of the main purposes will be
to check the complete typology of the paintings, correlated
with their location, using 3D video, computer systems and
stereoscopic pictures.

The latest results (May 1999)
indicate that more rock-shelter with prehistorical paintings
could be discovered in the very remote and almost
inaccessible karst of Gunung Marang and would increase
significantly the knowledge of that prehistoric art, unknown
before our explorations.